Please excuse my long absence. The next few days with without a doubt be a very tumultuous set of days with the debate over Q'uran burning, the mosque near Ground Zero (or was it community center? If it is a community center, and not a mosque, then why should it be defended under the principal of "religious tolerance"?)
I am against the mosque being built. It is disrespectful to me as a proud American and to the victims of 9/11 and their families. That's all I have to say.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
My view on Evolution and Creation
I believe that God is everything. Evolution makes sense too. And Jesus Christ is that knowing and trustworthy hand always on my shoulder, always ready to help. Is that so hard to believe? Really?
It makes me a happier person. I feel more at peace than people who believe in ONLY Creation or ONLY Evolution, because I just know. I take the world for what I see it as and there is nothing wrong with that. God just helps me to try to better the world.
Theists might not want evolution taught in public schools because it is naively related to such a controversial subject, and they fear that their children may get only a one sided view on God.
I think our perception of each other for what we believe needs to evolve. We must learn to accept that WE OURSELVES INDIVIDUALLY believe there is either a god, many gods, or no god. We are simply not all-knowing enough to validate something as powerful as God. It is something to which one must experience and dedicate her/himself.
The physical evidence of evolution is impressive and not likely to be honestly denied. But the physical evidence is a physical finding by humankind. God accepts this. We are allowed to observe and learn about our surroundings. God is eternal and real. Our worldly knowledge is only further expanded beyond our biological allowances when we believe in and really discover God.
It makes me a happier person. I feel more at peace than people who believe in ONLY Creation or ONLY Evolution, because I just know. I take the world for what I see it as and there is nothing wrong with that. God just helps me to try to better the world.
Theists might not want evolution taught in public schools because it is naively related to such a controversial subject, and they fear that their children may get only a one sided view on God.
I think our perception of each other for what we believe needs to evolve. We must learn to accept that WE OURSELVES INDIVIDUALLY believe there is either a god, many gods, or no god. We are simply not all-knowing enough to validate something as powerful as God. It is something to which one must experience and dedicate her/himself.
The physical evidence of evolution is impressive and not likely to be honestly denied. But the physical evidence is a physical finding by humankind. God accepts this. We are allowed to observe and learn about our surroundings. God is eternal and real. Our worldly knowledge is only further expanded beyond our biological allowances when we believe in and really discover God.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Ground Zero Mosque Protests
If someone shot your mum, then built a sniper tower overlooking her grave, would you be mad?
Anway, on to the news.
Some Muslims want to build a $100,000,000.00 mosque three blocks down from where the Twin Towers fell on 9/11. Some people are mad. Some people are mad at people for being mad. Some people are mad at those people for being stupid.
The Money: The money for the possible "project" is being provided by an unknown source. Hmm... I won't even eat a cookie from an unknown source let alone allow a humongous Islamic religious symbol be built on Ground Zero.
For the mosque: The freedom of religion argument. Is anybody being persecuted by the American government for being Muslim? No. Coddled, maybe. The hate argument. Yes. I do hate the MUSLIM extremists who killed thousands of people on 9/11. It is what it is. Keeping the Constitution alive, the very thing the terrorists tried to kill: Okay listen up. You can't rob a candy store and expect the owner to gve you the business rights to the place a few years later. That is not how it works. I understand very well that freedom of religion is a constitutional right. So is the right to protest. That is how I will choose to stretch ou the ol constitutional hamstrings.
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, run FAR. I have the right to bear arms. And I'm not talking about Michelle Obama's giant bags of pudding."
Against the mosque: You can't put a mosque on Ground Zero. You just can't. It is wrong and disrespectful to the victims of 9/11 and the pride of the United States. You can't slaughter our citizens, then demand to have a victory symbol erected. It is a slap in the face to America. Maybe our penis of a president doesn't think so, but the citizens do. No, Osama Bin Laden is not building this with his blood sweat and tears (but how much would you love to see him bleed sweat and cry at the same time?). But it represents Islamic culture. Muslims have the right to worship at mosques. I have no problem with that. What I have a problem with is a 13 story mosque. Is there really no other place to worship? The answer is yes.
If you are a citizen, then that makes you an American. It is your duty as an American to be an American first and a Muslim second (assuming you are Muslim). Any true American would understand that it would be a disgraceful thing to put a mosque three blocks away from the very place where thousands of innocent people died at the hands of Muslim terrorists. That is just how America is. We stand close by to each other in times of both trouble and celebration. We could not do so if it weren't for a mutual respect. Respect and subservience are two completely different things. The respectful and civil thing to do (that would really win bonus points for Islam in the eyes of America) would be to not build the mosque. There areplenty of other places to attend and build mosques in New York. All in all, America is a Christian nation. One nation under God. Like it or leave it. We as a population generally tend to embrace people of all religious backgrounds, which is awesome. But once again, if you can not respect this fact with dignity, then perhaps you are better suited to live in an Islamic nation like Iraq and not America.
God Bless the USA
Anway, on to the news.
Some Muslims want to build a $100,000,000.00 mosque three blocks down from where the Twin Towers fell on 9/11. Some people are mad. Some people are mad at people for being mad. Some people are mad at those people for being stupid.
The Money: The money for the possible "project" is being provided by an unknown source. Hmm... I won't even eat a cookie from an unknown source let alone allow a humongous Islamic religious symbol be built on Ground Zero.
For the mosque: The freedom of religion argument. Is anybody being persecuted by the American government for being Muslim? No. Coddled, maybe. The hate argument. Yes. I do hate the MUSLIM extremists who killed thousands of people on 9/11. It is what it is. Keeping the Constitution alive, the very thing the terrorists tried to kill: Okay listen up. You can't rob a candy store and expect the owner to gve you the business rights to the place a few years later. That is not how it works. I understand very well that freedom of religion is a constitutional right. So is the right to protest. That is how I will choose to stretch ou the ol constitutional hamstrings.
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, run FAR. I have the right to bear arms. And I'm not talking about Michelle Obama's giant bags of pudding."
Against the mosque: You can't put a mosque on Ground Zero. You just can't. It is wrong and disrespectful to the victims of 9/11 and the pride of the United States. You can't slaughter our citizens, then demand to have a victory symbol erected. It is a slap in the face to America. Maybe our penis of a president doesn't think so, but the citizens do. No, Osama Bin Laden is not building this with his blood sweat and tears (but how much would you love to see him bleed sweat and cry at the same time?). But it represents Islamic culture. Muslims have the right to worship at mosques. I have no problem with that. What I have a problem with is a 13 story mosque. Is there really no other place to worship? The answer is yes.
If you are a citizen, then that makes you an American. It is your duty as an American to be an American first and a Muslim second (assuming you are Muslim). Any true American would understand that it would be a disgraceful thing to put a mosque three blocks away from the very place where thousands of innocent people died at the hands of Muslim terrorists. That is just how America is. We stand close by to each other in times of both trouble and celebration. We could not do so if it weren't for a mutual respect. Respect and subservience are two completely different things. The respectful and civil thing to do (that would really win bonus points for Islam in the eyes of America) would be to not build the mosque. There areplenty of other places to attend and build mosques in New York. All in all, America is a Christian nation. One nation under God. Like it or leave it. We as a population generally tend to embrace people of all religious backgrounds, which is awesome. But once again, if you can not respect this fact with dignity, then perhaps you are better suited to live in an Islamic nation like Iraq and not America.
God Bless the USA
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